Russia’s Soyuz rocket on Thursday lifted off from the frozen grounds of the Vostochny Cosmodrome on a mission to redeem itself after encountering a launch failure on its last flight from the new launch base established in the country’s Far East.

A Russian Soyuz 2-1A / Fregat launch vehicle lifted off from the country’s Far Eastern Vostochny Cosmodrome at 2:07:18 UTC on February 1, 2018 with a pair of Kanopus-V imaging satellites as primary payloads and nine Micro- and CubeSats as secondary passengers.

A Russian Soyuz 2-1A / Fregat launch vehicle lifted off from the country’s Far Eastern Vostochny Cosmodrome at 2:07:18 UTC on February 1, 2018 with a pair of Kanopus-V imaging satellites as primary payloads and nine Micro- and CubeSats as secondary passengers.

Russia’s Soyuz rocket stands ready for liftoff from the Far Eastern Vostochny Cosmodrome on Thursday with a cluster of eleven satellites, set to rehabilitate the Soyuz/Fregat combination after encountering a failure on its last Vostochny launch in November.

Braving temperatures of under -25°C, teams on January 29, 2018 moved a Soyuz 2-1A/Fregat launch vehicle from its assembly facility to the 1S Launch Complex at Russia’s Vostochny Cosmodrome in the country’s Far East.

The third and fourth members of the Kanopus-V satellite fleet arrive at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia’s Far East to undergo final pre-launch processing and testing activities before taking their slots.

The components of a Soyuz 2-1A rocket arrive at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia’s far east for the launch of the Kanopus-V No. 3 and 4 satellites, accompanied by a number of smaller satellites setting sail on operational and demonstration missions